Meaning of 'address' (Webster Dictionary)
- To aim; to direct.
- To prepare or make ready.
- Reflexively: To prepare one's self; to apply one's skill
or energies (to some object); to betake.
- To clothe or array; to dress.
- To direct, as words (to any one or any thing); to make, as
a speech, petition, etc. (to any one, an audience).
- To direct speech to; to make a communication to, whether
spoken or written; to apply to by words, as by a speech, petition,
etc., to speak to; to accost.
- To direct in writing, as a letter; to superscribe, or to
direct and transmit; as, he addressed a letter.
- To make suit to as a lover; to court; to woo.
- To consign or intrust to the care of another, as agent or
factor; as, the ship was addressed to a merchant in Baltimore.
- To prepare one's self.
- To direct speech.
- Act of preparing one's self.
- Act of addressing one's self to a person; verbal
application.
- A formal communication, either written or spoken; a
discourse; a speech; a formal application to any one; a petition; a
formal statement on some subject or special occasion; as, an address of
thanks, an address to the voters.
- Direction or superscription of a letter, or the name,
title, and place of residence of the person addressed.
- Manner of speaking to another; delivery; as, a man of
pleasing or insinuating address.
- Attention in the way one's addresses to a lady.
- Skill; skillful management; dexterity; adroitness.
Meaning of 'address' (Princeton's WordNet)
Meaning (1):
- the manner of speaking to another individual
Example in sentence:- he failed in his manner of address to the captain
Meaning (2):
- the act of delivering a formal spoken communication to an audience
Example in sentence:- he listened to an address on minor Roman poets
Meaning (3):
- greet, as with a prescribed form, title, or name
Example in sentence:- Call me Mister;
- He always addresses me with `Sir';
- She calls him by first name
Meaning (4):
- speak to
Example in sentence:- He addressed the crowd outside the window
Meaning (5):
- give a speech to
Example in sentence:- The chairman addressed the board of trustees
Meaning (6):
- act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression
Example in sentence:- The course covered all of Western Civilization;
- The new book treats the history of China;
- This book deals with incest
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